CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2101
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities in VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and ESX 3.5 place a password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Affected configurations
• vmware esx 3.0.1
• vmware esx 3.0.2
• vmware esx 3.0.3
• vmware esx 3.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31713 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020794 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30937 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44797 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31713 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020794 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30937 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44797 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com